We never ran away from courts: Zardari

ISLAMABAD: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday that cases were trumped up against him but he faced them and never ran away from facing the court and advised former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to face the courts.

He was called on by Arbab Alamgir and Asma Arbab Alamgir, who congratulated him on getting acquitted in the last National Accountability Court (NAB) case, reported local media. Talking on the occasion, Zardari further said that despite vengeful victimisation, he pursued the legal way, went to the court, and ultimately got justice delivered from there.

It may be mentioned here that an accountability court in Rawalpindi acquitted Zardari in a reference pertaining to alleged illegal assets in Pakistan and abroad. Khalid Mehmood Ranjha, the judge of Accountability Court, had accepted the application seeking the acquittal of former president.

PPP’s Farooq Naek represented the former president in the court. Earlier this month, the accountability court had reserved its judgment in the petition seeking Zardari’s acquittal.